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KY Horse Racing Commission enacts regulations to crackdown on illegal drugs

September 9, 2010

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has heeded the call to crack down on illegal drugs in horse racing, unanimously approving stiffer penalties for offenders.

HORSE RACING / This week at Golden Gate Fields

September 9, 2010

Racing schedule: Today and Friday through Sunday Post time: 12:45 p.m. Feature race: $50,000-added Angel Island Stakes Feature simulcast race: Grade 1, $250,000 Del Mar Futurity Notes: Unlike the Rosie the Riveter Stakes for 2-year-old fillies that was... Horse racing - Filly - Golden Gate Fields - sport - Racing

Horse racing notebook: Backroom battle saves meet

September 9, 2010

Before Jones Hall's construction, City Auditorium sat wearily on that plot, a deserving home to Friday night wrestling. Never air conditioned, the 1910 structure lost its biggest bout 47 years ago to a demolition team.

Iowa Scene: Iowa horse finishes fourth in national event; UNI volleyball rises to No. 18

September 9, 2010

HORSE RACING: Make Me Fly came up about three feet short in his bid to become the first Iowa-bred to win quarter horse racing’s premier event, the $2.4 million All American Futurity.

Racing commission approves non-race day testing

September 9, 2010

The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved a rule that will allow for testing horses for prohibited substances on days they aren't racing.

Ky. approves random race horse drug testing

September 9, 2010

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky horse racing officials have implemented random drug testing for race horses ahead of this fall's Breeders' Cup.

Mechanical horse 'improves falls'

September 9, 2010

The British Racing School in Newmarket has been using a mechanical horse to teach young jockeys how to fall safely.

HORSE RACING

September 9, 2010

TODAY AT DEL MAR

Horse racers’ purse hits $150G

September 9, 2010

Gambling revenue from Pennsylvania slots will help boost purses and attract more harness racing competitors for the Bloomsburg Fair, a fair spokesman said Wednesday.